The investigation began in early May after a series of break-ins in the Regal Oaks neighborhood near Old Town on West U.S. Highway 192, records show.

In just one case, more than $100,000 of jewelry was stolen May 9 when the victim left home to pick up a relative at the airport. The burglars found a safe in the house and got away with four watches valued at $66,000, rings and bracelets valued at more than $70,000 and other items worth $10,000, records show.

The next day, the victim found some of her jewelry listed for sale on Craigslist at the Park Avenue Gold Exchanage, a Winter Park pawnshop, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The pawnshop's records identified Aponte and later to Alicia-Ortiz, reports show. Detectives were able to recover more than $90,000 of the stolen items.